Pan-lifter.



ments in pan performing JOHN W. BROWN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT 0F COLUMBIA.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

Application led February 10, 1914. Serial No; 817,820.

To all 'whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN W. BROWN, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Pan-Lifters. of which .the following is a specification.

The present invention relatesto improvelifters., and is designed especially for use by cooks in handling pie pans in an oven or other places.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device which is simple in con- I inexpensive in cost, and yet withal efcient and desirable for the functions required of it. The, invention resides in the novel comloinationY of features of the device as will be hereinafter pointed out. A

1n the accompanying vdrawings I have illustrated one complete example of the 'physicalembodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the'practical application of the principles ofV my invention. v

.Figure 1 is'a perspectiveview of a pan lifteraccordingto my invention. Fig. 2 is a `gfront view in elevation showing alpie form an integer.

pan held in the lifter. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing the manner of securing the 'arms of the lifter. to the handle.

Broadly-speaking, the lifter is made up of three pieces, the two side arms 1 and 2 and the handle' 3, but these parts are fastened together rigidly so that they practically The arms 1 and 2 are inade up of spring or elastic metallic wire andare curvedy or circular in shape to conform to the circular outline of a pan vgenerally used for baking pies. Each arm is provided with two bars 4 and 5 which are furnished by bending the Wire upon itself to form a return bend and the upright post 6 is thus formed. This post is odset exteriorlv from the circular arms so that theupper bar 4f, when the device is grasping a pan, is located within the circular outllne of the pan at the top, and the lower arm 3 directly under the upper arm is' in position to engage the inclinedwall 7 of the pan 8. In this manner the offset posts engage the flange 9 of the pan and the lower arms 5 support lthe pan at its 1 0., 10 which are provlded 7. The rear by extending the ands upwardly and turnmg 'they are spread apart inclined side Walls them over the upper bars et performthe same function as the front posts, .and are similarly offset.

Each bar 4 is vbent to ,form a leg 11 and this bend provides a foot 12, the bar and leg being in planes at right angles to each other, 'but the leg is again' bent at 13 and the wire is then continued at right angles to the leg 11 and parallel with the plane of the bar 4: to form a shank 14. At the ends these Shanks are provided with a pair of lntegral `barbs as 15, struck from the side .thereof and these barbs are adapted to be pressed 1nto the metal of sleeves 16, 17 which are formed integral with the flat band or strip 18 which .comprises two bends 19 19 and the vinverted intermediate bend 20. These sleeves and band form the handle of the device which is of spring or elastic or resilient metal and normally tends to hold the side arms together as in Fig. 1.

The sleeves are pressed and rolled about the Shanks while the two metals are heated and as the sleeve is turned over the shank the barbs 15 of the shank are caused to engage the sleeve .to provide a tight joint at all times. Even though the sleeve should become loosened 0n the shank, the barbs will contact for the palm of the hand and the two sleeves and Shanks are grasped by the thumb and firstv finger. The resiliency of the device is present inthe intermediate bend 20 and it will be noted that the band at this point is narrower than in the loops or bends 19 to render the' metal more flexible. The implement may be expanded as the arms are passed about a pan, or it may beV expanded by hand, but in either'event the arms are passedk about 4the pie pan and clasped thereabout by fpressure upon the handle and sleeves so that the panmay be moved as desired. ln unzclaspinglthe arms and the implement withdrawn whereupon it'resumes its normal position due to its resiliency.

`In baking pies` in an oven, the inner pies or thiose located farthest from the opening of the oven usually bake more rapidly than' those nearer the door and it is'frequently vnecessary to change the .innermost pies to handlegra'sped in the hand 'the' user .may

pie 1nv4 v rearv of the first. Thenfby lifting thejinner- -most pie and withdrawing itover the fi-rst pie' the first or outermost pie ma'y bepushed'j into lthe place formerly occupied -bythefpie l held by' thev implement. In this manner reach over one pie and clasp another vthe position of the pies may 'be changed-in order that they may be subjected-to the san-1e"` i temperatures of heat.

lVhat I'claim is a A pan lifter formed of curvedI gripping 20 jaws, an npstanding leg on each Jaw and a' horizontal-ly extending shank projecting from each leg, combined with a sleeve permanently unitedy with and embracin each shank, a flat band of resilient metal ormed integral with the sleeves and fashioned with a pair of loops-to form a broad base, and said-band formed with a 4spring bend be-v tween the loops. p

.. Injtestimony whereof I aiix my signature 30 i in presence of two witnesses..

JOHN w". BROWN.

-n Witnesses: MARY L. NEwcoM,

A. M. PARKINS. 

